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Air carrier captain reported parking ramp deterioration at bos airport caused taxi issues requiring high breakaway thrust to be used.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1673599 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOS.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 307 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Ramp told us to stop at spot 7; we did. Ground eventually gave us taxi instructions. We went out single engine and couldn't get moving from spot 7 due to a very large low spot/indention/hole right at spot 7. Ground even asked us if we were stuck in the hole; so they are well aware of it. I had to start the second engine to get out of the hole; even applying an abnormal amount of power to get out of it with both engines running. You need to do several things; first put a note on the airport pages that says do not set. Secondly the airport needs to fix this. Thirdly; in the meantime prior to it being fixed; preferably with concrete not asphalt again; is to instruct ramp to have aircraft hold at either spot 8 or spot 6 to avoid this hole.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported parking ramp deterioration at BOS airport caused taxi issues requiring high breakaway thrust to be used.
Narrative: Ramp told us to stop at Spot 7; we did. Ground eventually gave us taxi instructions. We went out single engine and couldn't get moving from Spot 7 due to a very large low spot/indention/hole right at Spot 7. Ground even asked us if we were stuck in the hole; so they are well aware of it. I had to start the second engine to get out of the hole; even applying an abnormal amount of power to get out of it with both engines running. You need to do several things; first put a note on the airport pages that says DO NOT SET. Secondly the airport needs to fix this. Thirdly; in the meantime prior to it being fixed; preferably with concrete not asphalt again; is to instruct ramp to have aircraft hold at either Spot 8 or Spot 6 to avoid this hole.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.